Information for Primary Care Providers

Parent Education about Newborn Screening Whenever possible, information about newborn screening should be introduced to expecting parents sometime during the third trimester. The Nebraska Newborn Screening Program (NNSP) has free materials available to help you. To order materials visit our Order Literature page.

Ordering the Newborn Screen According to Nebraska’s State Law the physician is responsible for ordering the newborn screen. In many birthing facilities, procedures are established for standing orders to ensure this is done. The ordering physician should be the newborn’s attending physician. While the State program is there to ensure an effective system of newborn screening, the baby’s primary care professional is the one who makes it happen.

The following link describe the newborn screening responsibilities of physicians. We also strongly recommend accessing the Practitioner's Manual.

Obtaining and Communicating Newborn Screening Results There are a number of options available to Primary Care Professionals for obtaining the screening results. For more information click here.